Means for operating a picture-displaying apparatus from a sound-producing apparatus.



RIA. WHITEHEAD.

MEANS FOR OPERATING A PICTURE DISPLAYING APPARATUS FROM/A SOUNDPRODUCING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I3. I912.

1,1 79,591. Patented Apr. 18, I916.

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RICHARD A. WHITEHEAD, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

MEANS FOR OPERATING A PICTURE-DISPLAYING APPARATUS FROM A SOUND-PRODUCING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application filed March 13, 1912. Serial No. 683,537.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD A. WHITE- HEAD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and Stateof California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Means forOperating a Picture-Displaying Apparatus from a Sound-ProducingApparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to means for operating picture displayingapparatus or the like simultaneously with a sound. producing apparatus,such as a phonograph, the object of the invention being to provide adevice of this character which embodies novel features of constructionwhereby pictures can be displayed simultaneously with the renditions ofmusic and monologues by the phonograph.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a device of thischaracter which is simple and inexpensive in its construction, which canbe quickly placed in operative position or removed therefrom, and whichwill not in any manner injure the phonograph or interfere with theproper operation thereof.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel and useful provision, formation, combination, association andrelative arrangement of parts, members and features, all as hereinafterdescribed, shown in the drawing, and finally pointed out in claims.

In the drawing :Figure 1 is a partial top plan view of a phonographicapparatus or mechanism showing the invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 isa side elevation of the same, partly in section upon the line 2-2, Fig.1, and partly broken away for fullness of illustration; and, Fig. 3 is afragmentary sectional elevation, partly in full elevation, of a modifiedform of construction or combination of parts and features. f

Corresponding parts in all the figures are denoted by the same referencecharacters.

Referring with particularity to the drawing, A designates the improvedoperating means for stereopticons and the like embodying the invention,a in Fig. 3 designating an added member thereon for use under certainwork ng conditions and in certam env ronment.

B designates the casing of a phonograph or like sound producingapparatus, in Figs. 1 and 2, C in Fig. 3 designating a phonographicapparatus casing of a modified formation.

In all of the figures, D designates the rotatlng sound record disktable, E designates the sound record which is disposed thereon, in theperformance of a production rendered by the phonograph, and F designatesactuating means for the table D to cause the rotation thereof, saidactuating means comprising a spindle 4 rising through the top of thecasing B and upon which the table D is fixed to rotate, and a suitablemotor or motor element 5 to cause the rotation of the spindle 4, all asper standard or preferred practice.

The operating means A comprises a body 6, preferably circular in formand of such diameter to fit within the confines of the blank center'ofthe record disk E, such body being provided with a central recess 7fitting over the upper end of the spindle 4 which projects centrallythrough and above the record disk E in the customary manner. The body 6is preferably of metal and of considerable mass or Weight whereby itfrictionally engages With the center of a rotatable disk element such asthe record E so as to be sufiiciently bound thereto to rotate in unisonwith the record Centrally of the body 6 rises a circular crown 8 havinga peripheral groove 9- within which fits and which accommodates a cordor belt 10 by which the rotatable motion of the disk record and of thebody 6 and its fixed crown 8 is imparted to the stereopticon or similarpicture-displaying apparatus, which is not shown, as the invention in noway pertains to its construction and organization. In the modified formof construction shown in'Fig. 3, the crown 8 is provided with a centralvertical squared socket 11 receiving the squared lower end of a stem 12which detachably fits said socket 11 and carries at its upper end anadjustable circular crown 13" having a peripheral groove 14 and providedwith a thumb screw 15 whereby it may be set in position of adjustmentupon the stem. VVi-thin the groove 14 fits the cord or belt 10.

It will be noted that the casing B in Figs. 1. and 2 terminates beneaththe plane of the table D, whereas the casing shown in Fig. 3 extendsabove the plane of such table and considerably above the plane of therecord disk E as well as above the plane of the crown 8 of the body 6 ofthe operating means A.

In certain types of phonographs and the like the relative arrangementand dimensious of parts and features shown in Fig. 3 are approximated,requiring of course means for vertically extending the operating meansA, -so that the belt or cord 10 may clear the casing in the extension ofsuch belt or cord to the stereopticon or the like. Such meansof'vertical extension is provided by the supplemental member a shown inFig. 3. The body 6 and crown 8 may be employed equally efi'ectively withor without said member (2 comprising the stem 12 and crown 13, therotatable -movement of the body 6 being imparted in one instance throughthe crown 8, and in the other instance through the crown 8 and the crown13, to the belt or cord 10, and thereby imparted to the stereopticon orlike apparatus to cause the actuation of the .same simultaneously withthe actuation of the phonograph or like apparatus, the renditionproduced by which being thus illustrated, as

predetermined, by the pictures produced by I the stereopticon or likeapparatus or mechanism. The body 6 may frictionally, by tight fit, gripthe top of the spindle 4 in the recess 7, thus binding the body to thespindle for rotation therewith and with the record disk and table, orthe body may fit loosely over the top of the spindle and rely solelyupon its frictional grip upon the central portion of the disk to causerotation of the body with the disk and table.

The operating means A are extremely simple and inexpensive inorganization, convenient to apply and detach, and are too simple to getout of order and are extremely durable and positive in operation. Thesame may be used for either style of casing B or C, either withoutorwith the member a, as the case may be, such member being installed in orremoved from working position by simply slipping its squared end intothe correspondingly formed socket 11 or withdrawing it therefrom.

It is manifest that the operating means A may be employed to transmitthe motion of a revolving disk element such as the table D of the soundproducingapparatus to pictureproducing apparatus or any other apparatuscapable of actuation under the power produced by rotation of the tableD, with or without-the record disk E, being interposed claim and desireto secure by Letters Pat- 1. Means for operating picture-displayingapparatus or the like simultaneously with sound producing apparatus, thelatter having a rotatable disk element, comprising a body formed tofrictipnally rest upon and rotate with the disk element, and motiontransmitting means extending between said body and saidpicture-displaying apparatus or the like.

2. Means for operating picture-displaying apparatus or the likesimultaneously with sound producing apparatus, said sound producingapparatus having a. rotatable disk element and a spindle for rotatingthe same, said spindle projecting above said disk element centrallythereof; comprising a body'formed to fit over the upper end of saidspindle and to frictionally engage with said disk element, and motiontransmission meansbetween said body and said picturedisplaying apparatusor the like.

- 3. Means for operating picture-displaying apparatus or the likesimultaneously a with sound producing apparatus, said sound producingapparatus having a rotatable record disk and a spindle for rotating thesame, said spindle projecting above said record disk centrally thereof;comprising a body formed to fit over the upper end of said spindle andadapted to frictionally engage with said record disk thereon within theinner confines of the record, and motion transmission means between saidbody and paid picture-displaying apparatus or the ike.

4. Means for operating picture-displaying apparatus or the likesimultaneously with sound producing apparatus, said sound producingapparatus having a rotatable disk element and a spindle for rotating thesame, said spindle projecting above said table centrally thereof;comprising a body formed to fit over the upper end of said spindle andto operatively engage with said disk element to rotate therewith; saidbody being provided with an axially disposed crown portion, and a motiontransmission belt operatively engaging said crown portion.

5. Means for operating picture-displaying apparatus or the likesimultaneously with sound producing apparatus, said sound producingapparatus having a rotatable disk element and a spindle for rotating thesame, said spindle projecting above said disk element centrally thereof;comprising a .body formed to fit over the upper end of said spindle andto frictionally engage with said rotatable disk element; said body beingprovided with a crown having a belt receiving groove formed therein, anda motion transmission belt engaging the crown and received Within thebefore mentioned groove thereof.

6. Means, for operating picture-displaying apparatus or the likesimultaneously with sound producing apparatus, said sound producingapparatus having a rotatable disk element and a spindle for rotating thesame, said spindle projecting above said rotatable disk elementcentrally thereof; comprisin a body formed to fit the upper end of saidspindle and to frictionally en-

